2006-08-05 14:22:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
According to an article in Wikepedia, "The Fruit of the Loom brand dates back to 1851 in Rhode Island when Robert Knight, a textile mill owner, visited his friend, Rufus Skeel. Mr. Skeel owned a small shop in Providence, Rhode Island that sold cloth from Mr. Knight's mill. Mr. Skeel's daughter painted images of fruit and applied them to the bolts of cloth. The ones with the fruit emblems proved most popular. Mr. Knight thought the labels would be the perfect symbol for his trade name, Fruit of the Loom."
2006-08-05 14:29:57 · answer #1 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looms make fruit called underwears
2006-08-05 14:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The loom part is obvious (textile machine). The fruit or the proceeds of the loom in this case is underwear. Just a play on words by a marketing exec.
2006-08-05 14:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that the loom was used to make clothing-- thus the product of the loom would be the "fruit" of it.
2006-08-05 14:26:23 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz fruit of the loin was silly so they called it loom for clothing in the old days was made on a loom
2006-08-05 14:27:27 · answer #5 · answered by ?Cheshire Cat? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because fabric is made on a loom, so the fruit of the loom would be the fabric.
kinda like fruit of my loins... but without the mess
2006-08-05 14:27:10 · answer #6 · answered by cynthetiq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A familiar litany, especially to Catholics, is, "Hail, Mary, full of grace; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the FRUIT OF THY WOMB, Jesus..."
Fruit of the womb ==> fruit of the loom, get it? The undies are woven on a loom.
Catholics: Forgive me if I didn't get the quote exactly right.
2006-08-05 14:35:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name "Fruit of the Loom" is interpreted by many as a play on words with respect to a part of the Hail Mary prayer: "...blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus." The two phrases are unrelated: it is merely a coincidence that "womb" rhymes with "loom."
2006-08-05 14:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is not a misnomer. They are woven on a loom, therefore they are the Fruit of the Loom.
2006-08-05 14:27:05 · answer #9 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the loom is what they weave their fabrics and the fruit is considered the best.... so put it together and what do you have?!.... Underwear, go figure!!!!
2006-08-05 14:29:23 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋